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    • Fancying Up Your Bulletin Board Letters
    • Are You Teaching Scissor Skills to Your Kindergarten Students?
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    • 7 Tips to Navigate a Successful School Year
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    • Lunch Recipe for Teachers on-the-go
    • Five Must-Have Apps to Streamline your Teaching Life
    • Octopus Bulletin Board or Door/Window Decoration
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  • Math

    Kindergarten Addition and Subtraction

    May 22, 2020 /

    What are some ways of practicing with addition and subtraction that you use in your classroom? Using hands-on manipulatives are the most concrete way of showing addition and understanding that combinations of numbers equal a new total. (Disclosure: Some of links below are affiliate links, which means that at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase.) Manipulatives that my students always enjoy counting with include mini erasers, beans, counters, compare bears and candy corn or popcorn (I give each student their individual bag of the latter and they are allowed to eat at the end!) I love open-ended opportunities…

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  • Easy Father's Day Craft
    Classroom Decor,  End of the School Year,  Holidays Around the World,  Teaching Ideas

    Easy Father’s Day Craft

    May 15, 2020 /

    I always feel that dads and other important males in our students lives get a little bit left out of the parenting celebration. In my school district school is out roughly two weeks before Father's Day, and it ended up being forgotten in the hustle and bustle of field day and parties for many years. But then I realized that this craft was the perfect activity for the last days of school when you are scratching your head to find engaging assignments for your students.

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    Kindergarten Name Activities

    May 8, 2020 /

    Looking for inspiration for a first week of school craft that involves practicing cutting skills, name recognition and coloring and goes along with the BEST first week of school book, then look no further! This coconut tree is editable and personalized to make the first craft your students create in school one they are sure to keep forever!

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  • Staying in touch with families and students through FB groups
    Teaching Ideas,  Teaching Tips

    Staying in Touch with Families

    March 27, 2020 /

    Looking for ways to stay in touch with your students? Now that schools are all distance learning with students, I thought it would be nice to look at using Facebook groups as a way of staying in touch with your students and their families. Click to learn more!

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  • Teaching Ideas

    Fairy Tale Sequencing

    March 20, 2020 /

    Looking for different ways for students to retell favorite fairy tales? These retell crowns and character hats give students the opportunity to retell the story to adults. Click to learn more!

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  • St. Patrick's Day,  Teaching Ideas

    Name Rainbows!

    March 13, 2020 /

    Adorable rainbow craft with name practice that is EDITABLE and can be personalized for each student! Click to learn more!

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  • Searching for work to send home with your students due to school closings? Learn about this four tier approach to home learning to make things easier on your students, parents and yourself. Includes free challenge and worksheets - share with co-workers!
    Life and stuff,  Teaching Ideas

    School Closing? Read On…

    March 13, 2020 /

    If you find out your school is closing on Monday for two weeks, and you need to come up with work for your students, you're probably going to panic. Here are some things that I hope will help you out, particularly if you are a first grade teacher. Everything on this page is FREE - there are no links to paid items.

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    St. Patrick's Day

    St. Patrick’s Day Lucky Rainbow Craft

    March 6, 2020 /

    Love this craft for for St. Patrick's day encouraging students to reflect on when they feel lucky! Click to learn more!

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    February 28, 2020 /

    Looking for a 'magically delicious' St. Patrick's day activity for your students? With this editable craft each child makes a personalized 'Cereal' box with marshmallows. Click to learn more!

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  • Black History,  True Stories

    Black Pioneers You Haven't Heard of: George Crum

    February 14, 2020 /

    Potato chips may have been around since the 1820s, but it is thanks to a chef named George Speck that they became popular in America. George worked in a famous restaurant, and he got his name 'Crum' because one of the wealthy diners in his restaurant could not remember George's last name.

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ABOUT ME

I am a former elementary teacher from London in the UK.  I taught in England for nine years before coming over to North Carolina on an exchange program where I met and married my school teacher husband.  I taught for a total of 21 years before starting my own business making crafts and resources to help educators in schools and home settings.

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